The Factory Act creates an inspectorate
The Act prohibited the employment of children under nine in textile mills, restricted the hours of those aged nine to thirteen and of young persons under eighteen, required some schooling, and — decisively — established a small salaried inspectorate answerable to central government with the right to enter any mill and prosecute. Previous Acts had set limits without anyone to enforce them; this one did the opposite.
Historical — it happened, and the record is settled.
Subjects
- The Factory Acts · regulation · United Kingdom · not located
- The Factory Inspectorate · organisation · United Kingdom · not located
- Industrial child labour · phenomenon · United Kingdom · not located
Evidence
Partly verified — Core facts are sourced; some optional detail is deliberately absent. This is the standing of the weakest source, not an average.
Factory Act 1833 (the Labour of Children etc. in Factories Act)
Supports the prohibition on employing children under nine in textile mills, the graduated hour limits for children and young persons, and the creation of a salaried factory inspectorate with powers of entry. V55 verification basis: NOT consulted — legislation.gov.uk is blocked from this session, so the regnal chapter citation is deliberately not given and the hour limits are stated only in summary.
Parliament of the United Kingdom · 1833 · Partly verified
Factory Act 1833, UK Public General Acts — text held at legislation.gov.uk and in the Statutes at Large
Reports of the Inspectors of Factories
Supports the existence and working method of the inspectorate created in 1833, and stands as the principal contemporary record of hours, evasions, relay working and accidents on mill floors. V55 verification basis: NOT consulted in this session; the series is real and widely digitised but no volume was opened here.
UK Parliamentary Papers, HMSO · from 1834 · Partly verified
Reports of the Inspectors of Factories to Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the Home Department, UK Parliamentary Papers, published periodically from 1834
Recorded on The Factory Acts
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